the PANDORA Thread

[VioletGold]

Hmm, it hard to tell. The more I look, the more I can see little things. More so the cat than the money bag. Did you pay a lot less for them than they would be in the shop? What kind of packaging did it come with? Copies are so good nowadays you could have a bracelet full of copies and without scrutinising them, no one would know whether they are real or fake.

They weren't that much cheaper and came with boxes! I bought an angel and babushka from her as well and feel terrible because i gave them to my best friend when I found out she was pregnant I feel lousy for giving her something that's probably fake! The bracelet was genuine though as it was bought elsewhere.

It's a shame because I love both charms. I won't be wearing them anymore and will repurchase from the jewelhut...bleh what a week lol.

 

[Tabitha14]

Using my power of observation with much deliberating and comparing of two waving cats. I think violets cat looks like suzzana's cat from a few pages ago they both seem to have that cheekier grin if you get what I mean I'm not say Pandora genuine waving cat looks miserable but violets and suzzana's look happier ???

Yes I know what you mean. They seem to have a different face!

 

[Tabitha14]

She is lucky to have such a devoted mum, that makes up for a lot I think. And so brave of you to start working full time to give her this change. A person should always feel free to be so proud of good grades! I wish my kids were getting better grades, although it's going pretty okay at the moment




Lovely! I love the looking glass murano's, I have them too. I also love the bee hive.

Thank you!x


I think that kids can only try their best. Not every child is academic but some could be artistic or practical and they will do equally as well. It's so hard for children nowadays. I work in a secondary school (am in pastoral area) an they seem to have so many issues and most are from broken homes - but that's just the area where they come from.

 

[Tabitha14]

The pink looks so pretty with the two-tone!

Thanks you, I like the combination too. Girly yet sophisticated!

 

[Tabitha14]

They weren't that much cheaper and came with boxes! I bought an angel and babushka from her as well and feel terrible because i gave them to my best friend when I found out she was pregnant I feel lousy for giving her something that's probably fake! The bracelet was genuine though as it was bought elsewhere.

It's a shame because I love both charms. I won't be wearing them anymore and will repurchase from the jewelhut...bleh what a week lol.

It's going from crap to worse! Maybe you can take your charms in to get it authenticated and if they are definitely fake, you could re buy them like you say. I think the cat is probably fake but I don't know about the money bag. Having said that if they are both from the same seller......you are not having a good week at all.


Will you say anything to your friend?

 

[andrhearhea]

Thought that I would share my wonderful surprise with you ladies. Today is my 1 year anniversary with my boyfriend, and when I took my bracelet out to put it on today I noticed he had added a new addition to his section of my bracelet - the moss charm It's significance is in one of my pet names for him, haha. Anyway, here are a couple photos!

 

[Tabitha14]

Using my power of observation with much deliberating and comparing of two waving cats. I think violets cat looks like suzzana's cat from a few pages ago they both seem to have that cheekier grin if you get what I mean I'm not say Pandora genuine waving cat looks miserable but violets and suzzana's look happier ???

You love your bangle. I am toying with the idea of getting my best friend the Pandora bangle for her birthday. She already has the snake bracelet, full and the lobster bracelet too. Her bracelet is 18cm but she wears it loose. Would the 17cm bangle be okay for her? Her wrist is like 14cm.

 

[Tabitha14]

Thought that I would share my wonderful surprise with you ladies. Today is my 1 year anniversary with my boyfriend, and when I took my bracelet out to put it on today I noticed he had added a new addition to his section of my bracelet - the moss charm It's significance is in one of my pet names for him, haha. Anyway, here are a couple photos!

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Aw how sweet! What a lovely surprise and your bracelet is beautiful. Very nicely arranged.

 

[VioletGold]

Thought that I would share my wonderful surprise with you ladies. Today is my 1 year anniversary with my boyfriend, and when I took my bracelet out to put it on today I noticed he had added a new addition to his section of my bracelet - the moss charm It's significance is in one of my pet names for him, haha. Anyway, here are a couple photos!

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How thoughtful and sweet of him! happy anniversary!!

My husband used to do things like this...now he just asks me how much money I need for my present :lolots:

 

[VioletGold]

It's going from crap to worse! Maybe you can take your charms in to get it authenticated and if they are definitely fake, you could re buy them like you say. I think the cat is probably fake but I don't know about the money bag. Having said that if they are both from the same seller......you are not having a good week at all.


Will you say anything to your friend?

Maybe my package will arrive on Tuesday and make it all better lol monday is a holiday so it's definitely not coming then!

I'll probably buy my friend the charms again and tell her that I had no idea they were fake. She's like a sister so she won't mind...but I hate thought of her having fake charms!

I think I'm just going to save money for a while and just lust after charms instead of buying lol

 

[andrhearhea]

They weren't that much cheaper and came with boxes! I bought an angel and babushka from her as well and feel terrible because i gave them to my best friend when I found out she was pregnant I feel lousy for giving her something that's probably fake! The bracelet was genuine though as it was bought elsewhere.

It's a shame because I love both charms. I won't be wearing them anymore and will repurchase from the jewelhut...bleh what a week lol.

Oh gosh, so many of us have had a bad week! I'm trying to just have an "it is what it is" attitude, since I can't do much to change what happened with my JF order. Stressing over things we can't change won't do us much good, I suppose! Still hard not to be disappointed.

 

[Tabitha14]

How thoughtful and sweet of him! happy anniversary!!

My husband used to do things like this...now he just asks me how much money I need for my present :lolots:

Haha, don't they all!! They just say buy your own present and I will give you the money. Very romantic - not!

 

[Tabitha14]

Maybe my package will arrive on Tuesday and make it all better lol monday is a holiday so it's definitely not coming then!

I'll probably buy my friend the charms again and tell her that I had no idea they were fake. She's like a sister so she won't mind...but I hate thought of her having fake charms!

I think I'm just going to save money for a while and just lust after charms instead of buying lol

Well fingers crossed that there was some weird delay at customs are they going to be delivered Mon/Tues.

 

[andrhearhea]

How thoughtful and sweet of him! happy anniversary!!

My husband used to do things like this...now he just asks me how much money I need for my present :lolots:

I'm sure after a few more years he'll be the same!!

This is my first two-tone charm! I'm so happy. I'm not counting the anchor charm I returned, because it ended up being such a piece of you-know-what. This charm is beautiful. AND he only shops at the concept stores, because he's a man and doesn't know how the world of online shopping works

 

[daisyw]

No I've been put off cos its nearly £40 don't want want lose it or have to wait forever for it like you guys think I'm going to get a charm from mothers day collection it was toss up between vintage hear two tone £65 or the round bead with lots of pink enamel hearts with one of the hearts being gold £55. I'm not sure about vintage heart its beautiful but can imagine it flopping down so the heart would be upside down a lot would that be annoying? I'm not sure as I don't have any puffy heart charms like that so don't really know if that does occur.

My hearts are constantly upside down! It doesn't bother me though.

Hi! I purchased four charms from an Etsy seller last year when I was just starting out my bracelet. I really liked my lucky cat charm (I have a cat obsession haha) so I bought another for my second bracelet last week at the Pandora store, when I got home I compared it to my first bracelet and realized the charms looked really different.

The charm I purchased from the Pandora store is on my bracelet now (I took off the charms I bought from the Etsy seller). Does it look fishy? Thank you for your time!

Yes..very fishy, I would agree with everyone else and say fake

OK so I snapped some pics of my lucky cat and chinese money bag...hopefully they're not too crappy and you guys and help me out with your expertise and let me know if they're authentic or not.

God I hope they are lol It's been a traumatic week pandora-wise

I don't think these are genuine. I'm not sure what chinese letter is called, the square shaped one, so please excuse my ignorance, but it's not right. Its missing the "feet". If you compare to Tabithas photo you'll see the difference.
The cat is fake too, the face is very different from genuine ones.